[wpkg-users] wpkg.js crashing?

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Brian,

Brian May wrote:
> Where is the event log stored?

Right click "my computer", select "manage", click "Event Viewer", right 
click "Application", chose "Clear all Events".


> The configuration is identical to the other computers that were working; 
> I think it is 0xFF

OK.


> The INFO (and higher) messages weren't getting logged because this is 
> what cause wpkg to crash.
> 
> Would it be possible to wrap those lines of code in a try/catch clause? 
> I don't think errors writing to the event handler should be fatal and 
> cause wpkg to abort.

No, WPKG does not crash on your system - this for sure not. And there is 
absolutely no need to wrap in in a try-catch clause. The reason is that 
whole WPKG is wrapped in a try-catch clause. So if anything throws an 
unexpected exception, then it will be catched and a nicely formated 
message will be logged to the event log. But more and more I have the 
feeling that your event log does not work as expected and either it just 
"hangs" there (Windows call hangs, not WPKG) or it is simply ignored.


I see from your logs that every debug message is printed up to the point 
that the language-local user notification should be logged to eventlog.
Next entry would be something like:
2008-04-18 06:45:46, INFO    : User notification suppressed. Message: 
Das WPKG Software-Installationstool in...

This message would be logged to event log using the logEvent() method I 
already pointed out.

So you might do the following:

Check your event log for errors (Application and System logs - see above 
how to reach there).

Then clean all the logs.

Run WPKG and check the event log for a user notification entry - or even 
more output depending on the number of packages to be installed.

If it still does not work for you, then try disabling quiet mode (remove 
/quiet flag, set quiet flag to false within config.xml) and run WPKG on 
the command line:
cscript \\server\path\to\wpkg.js /synchronize

Then check what is printed on the console.

In fact I am quite sure that you will have some errors logged in your 
System log. They might help to fix your system.

br,
Rainer